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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK

Folio Society books for children – in pictures

Folio | Classics: The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame's classic children's tale The Wind in the Willows was voted Guardian readers' favourite Folio Society book for children

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Folio Society winners: A scene from Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
Charles van Sandwyk's thoughtful illustrations capture the rural idyll and whimsy of Grahame's The Wind in the Willows

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Illustration: Charles van Sandwyk/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: A scene from Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
Van Sandwyk adopts a number of styles to illustrate Kenneth Grahame's tale: from the notebook picture ...

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Illustration: Charles van Sandwyk/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: The badger of Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
... to the more elegantly detailed illustration

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Illustration: Charles van Sandwyk/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: Mr Toad from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
Toad: one of the most complicated and memorable characters of children's literature

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Illustration: Charles van Sandwyk/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: A scene from Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden
Charles Robinson proved himself one of the masters of the style of La Belle Époque in his illustrations for Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden

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Illustration: Charles Robinson/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: A scene from John Masefield's The Midnight Folk
Sara Ogilvie has taken some of her cues from American illustrators of the 50s with her artwork for John Masefield's The Midnight Folk

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Illustration: Sara Ogilvie/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: A scene from Tolkien's Hobbit
Francis Mosley chooses bold black and white to illustrate the cavernous world of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit

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Illustration: Francis Mosley/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: Carlo Collodi's Pinnochio
Grahame Baker-Smith takes a more contemporary approach to depicting a classic children's character, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio

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Illustration: Grahame Baker-Smith/Folio Society
Folio Society winners: The White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
The White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, as captured by John Tenniel

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Illustration: John Tenniel/Folio Society
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